A man was assaulted after the car he was travelling in was forced to stop on the busy A5, near Atherstone.

The victim, a 22-year-old local man, was in a black Peugeot being driven by a 20-year-old woman when it was overtaken by a white Ducati van which then stopped in front of them, blocking the road.

The van driver got out of his vehicle and approached the Peugeot, whose passenger also got out before being attacked and pushed back against the car, causing the wing mirror glass to break. He suffered slight injuries which were treated at George Eliot Hospital.

The offender is described as black, about 6ft 6in tall, in his 30s with short black hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt, a yellow hi-vis fluorescent top, black trousers and black boots.